Biography

James William Buffett, 25 December 1946, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, but raised in Mobile, Alabama. Country rock singer Buffett describes his songs as 90 per cent autobiographical, a statement attested to by his narratives of wine, women and song. He is the son of the son of a sailor, and he describes his grandfathers life in the track The Captain And The Kid. His father was a naval architect, who often took Buffett on sailing trips. Buffett studied journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi, describing those years and his urge to perform in Migration. Working as the Nashville correspondent for Billboard magazine, he built up the contacts that led to his 1970 debut for Barnaby Records. The album and a later follow-up were not well produced and the best song was one he re-recorded, In The Shelter.